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Need a good run here. Hoping for a #1 seeding in the doubles and to gain revenge for our French Open defeat by taking the tournament out here.

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There was a disastrous start to top seed Rick Langley as his qualifying campaign came to abrupt end with a straight sets smacking at the hands of Hau Li-an. The Chinese Taipei No. 2 proved far too good for his top hundred opponent in a 6-3, 6-1 rout which left the West CWLander in a state of shock. It was a poor day for Langley as the gods conspired against him - Hau hitting clean winners consistently as Langley made some distinctly uncharacteristic errors regularly.

In the same section, compatriot Jack Loughman made an impressive start as he ousted 26th seed Adul Doungtong of Thailand. In a tough hit out to start his campaign, Loughman came back from dropping the first set in a tiebreaker to take the second set in a breaker of his own. In a tense contest, Loughman had enough class to beat his seeded opponent - into the second round 6-7(4), 7-6(8), 6-3 after saving three match points in the second set. He meets Jack Griffen of the USA after his 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over local wildcard Freddie Abbott.

Nottingham champ Ishan Narang was always going to be in a bit of danger of coming down badly from a tournament win, but didn't expect quite the battle he got against Serb Novica Kulić. The sixth seed dropped the first set 2-6 in a sluggish start, and went a break down twice in the deciding third set. Going to extra games, Narang finally prevailed with some gutsy back-to-the-wall tennis 2-6, 6-2, 8-6. He plays France's Eric David next.

Eighteenth seed Roy Daniels also took a tough win as he beat Romanian youngster George Costea 6-3, 6-7(11), 6-3 after failing to convert five second set (and match) points.

Unseeded impressive youngster Pierre Rose also booked second round action after a 6-4, 6-3 win over Victor Helbling. The 29th seeded Swiss player doesn't enjoy the grass, and made a hasty exit as Rose controlled the play and was rarely taken out of his comfort zone. Rose now meets Greece's Dmitris Chasiotis who beat Orazio Rizzo 6-3, 5-7, 6-2.

The second round of qualifying was completed on the scheduled Tuesday despite some rain, and 6th seed Ishan Narang led the charge with a three-set win over France's Eric David. The second set was a real Barry Crocker for the Indian-born East CWLander, but he bookended the match with some composed tennis as he escaped with a 7-6(7), 1-6, 6-4 win. This is great match practice for Narang who later this week meets Benoît Rio of France who came from a set down to make the final qualifying round 5-7, 6-3, 6-2. The final round of qualifying is decided in a best-of-five set affair.

Jack Loughman will not be joining him as the Westerner was beaten by Jack Griffen of the USA. Despite dominating the second set, Loughman looked a beat slower than Griffen during the rest of the contest as the American eventually cruised into qualifying round 7-6(7), 1-6, 6-2.

Could it be? Hot-and-cold Easterner Roy Daniels on the cusp of a Wimbledon berth after a dominant win over American wunderkid Jesse Adams. Adams, a junior finalist last year, showed little resilience against the American-born Daniels who fired down eleven aces in a comprehensive 6-2, 6-3 win. He meets tenth seed David Jones for a spot in the main draw - the Aussie hasn't dropped a set in his first two matches.

Phoenix Wleft, the 27th seed, overcame a slow start to move into the final round with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Sipko Wetzel of The Netherlands. While Wleft meets Ireland's James O'Raherty next, compatriot Jason Lawley faces German Peter Seel after escaping with a dynamic 6-7(9), 7-6(3), 6-4 win over Takis Georgilas.

Finally, Pierre Rose made it through his second round match unscathed with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Dmitris Chasiotis. Chasiotis offered little by way of offence and made his living off errors. There weren't enough from Rose who looked cool in moving close to a second straight Grand Slam qualification. Standing in his way is Korea's Lee Inmin who beat Aleksander Alitspritsin of Lithuania.

After a rest day yesterday, only half of the qualifying matches were completed ahead of tomorrow's main draw with a number of CWLanders in action. First on court was sixth seed Ishan Narang who was again forced to do it tough as he edged out Benoît Rio in five. Despite taking the first set 6-1, Narang looked in trouble as the Frenchman claimed the next two and had break points early in the fourth. The erratic Indian-born player recovered, though, and took Rio through his paces by taking the fourth set 6-3. Both players desperately wanted an early break in the fifth, and it went to Narang who quickly set up a 4-0 lead. Rio held twice, but could not avoid a loss as Narang moved into the Wimbledon main draw 6-1, 5-7, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Also through was an impressive Pierre Rose who outgunned eleventh seed Lee Inmin of Korea. The pair traded sets before Rose got on top of Lee who had looked pretty impressive right the way throughout the week. Having dropped his first set of qualifying in the match, Rose was keen to avoid losing a second as he comfortably outplayed his higher ranked opponent to advance to his second Grand Slam main draw in a row 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-0, 6-3.

The second half of qualifying was completed and it was at last a return to form for Roy Daniels () as he beat Aussie tenth seed David Jones in four sets. The inconsistent East CWLander had a fine win in the second round of qualifying on Tuesday, but told his Twitter followers yesterday that the two-day break served him well as he pulled up sore. Jones, no relation to the retail chain, played right into his hands as he engaged in a winner-fest with neither player showing particularly great defence. Daniels' serve was working well and his forehand was finding its mark as he notched up a number of winners against the Aussie - ultimately securing passage into the main draw 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. There are still worrying signs with his insistence of slicing the backhand to keep it in play, but it is a step in the right direction nevertheless.

Jason Lawley also advanced in four as he came from a set down to beat Peter Seel of Germany. Seel claimed the first set 6-3, but didn't really produce much after that as he was beaten by the Westerner 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4. Phoenix Wleftwas not so lucky as he let a two-sets to love lead to crumble to Ireland's James O'Raherty 5-7, 0-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-4.